Shoe-heel buffer



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. 11,445,295 M. CANGEN SHOE HEEL BUFFER Filed Nov. 21, 1919 INVENTOR I Mari anyen c 2% TTORNEYS Patented Feb. 13, 1923.

UNHTE STATES MARK CANGEN, 0F BROGKLYN, NEW YORK.

SHOE-HEEL BUFFER.

Application filed November 21, 1919. Serial No. 339,619.

To a?! whom it may conccrn:

Be it. known that I, MARK OANGEN, a citizen of the United: States, residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings, State of New .York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Shoe-Heel Buffers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a device for butting the heel breasts of shoes and it particularly provides cylindrical abrading means for scouring the convex and concave portions of a high French heel.

The invention is designed to include a buffing sleeve for securely holding the abrading material which can readily be mounted on a. mandrel, and when the abrading ma.- terial 'becomes worn the sleeve. being made of inexpensive material, can be discarded.

The object of the invention is to provide the sleeve with devices for readily fastening a cushion thereon for supporting the abrading substance, and interlocking means coacting with a longitudinal slot arranged in the mandrel for securing the sleeve.

The invention resides more particularly in the novel combinations hereinafter described and claimed, reference being made to the accompanying drawing in which:

Fig. 1 represents a perspective view of a sleeve embodying this invention.

Fig. 2 is a similar view showing a cushion secured to the sleeve.

Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section showing the sleeve mounted on a mandrel.

Fig. 4 is-an end view of the same showing the abra-ding material, surrounding the cushion.

In the drawing the numeral 6 designates a mandrel or axle which is provided with a threaded socket 7 at one end whereby the mandrel can be secured to a spindle. and rotated as is well known. A longitudinal slot 8 extends from the forward end nearly to the rear of the mandrel stem.

A sleeve 9 having a longitudinal slot 10 with oppositely disposed vinturned flanges 11 are arranged to engage the borders of the slot in the mandrel. The sleeve is formed of tin so that it will be inexpensive and can be thrown away when it becomes worn or useless. The sleeve can easily be slipped on the mandrel by inserting the channel flanges 11 onto the forward end of the slot in the mandrel, and sliding it to the position shown. The flanges interlock with the margins of the slot 8 thus preventing circumferential movement of the sleeve relative to the mandrel. In order to obviate endwise or longitudinal movement of the sleeve a spring latch 12 secured to the stem of the mandrel, as indicated in Fig. 3, will snap into engagement with the end of the sleeve.

A series of prongs 13 forming an integral part of the sleeve are adapted to pierce a cushion l4 and hold it onto the periphery of the sleeve. The prongs clinch the cushion securely to the surface of the sleeve as shown in Fig. 2, so that it will be impossible to work loose when in action. On the cushion is arranged a sheet of rectangular emery paper 16 having its side portions bent at right angles to be clamped between the walls of the slots as indicated in Fig. 4.

The sleeve is formed of a single sheet of thin metal and shaped to the cylindrical form shown. A sleeve of this kind is sufficiently resilient to shape itself and closely hug or embrace the contour of the mandrel. The abrading material is shaped over the cushion before the sleeve is slid onto the mandrel. and by having the slot in the mandrel somewhat narrower than the space between the two flanges. it will contract the sleeve bringing the flanges closer together to clamp the margins of the abrading material therebetween.

I claim 1. In a bufling device the combination with a tubular mandrel having a rear end for securing it to a spindle and a longitudinal slot extending from the forward nearly to the rear end of the mandrel. of a removable split butling sleeve with oppositely disposed inturned flanges to embrace the margins of the slot the forward end of the sleeve being unobstructed presenting a free unbroken polishing surface.

2. In a butting device the combination with a tubular mandrel having a rear end with a socket for securing it to a spindle and a longitudinal slot extending from the forward nearly to the rear end of the n1andrel. of a removable split butting sleeve with oppositely disposed inturned channelled flanges to embrace the margins of the slot the forward end of the sleeve being unobstructed presenting a free unbroken polishing surface.

In a buffing device the combination with a tubular mandrel having a rear end of which are clamped in the split part of the 10 sleeve.

In testimony whereof I-have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

' MARK CANGEN. Witnesses lVILLIAM MILLER, SAMUEL LEWIS. 

